Colour

#DEE6A8

#DEE6A8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DEE6A8 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 230, 168 and HSL 68°, 55%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DEE6A8#DEE6A8

HEX#DEE6A8

RGBrgb(222, 230, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.902, 0.6588

RGB percentages87.1%, 90.2%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(67.7, 55.4%, 78%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.7, 27%, 90.2%)

CMYK3.5%, 0%, 27%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,608,040

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE6A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#211957

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFE0A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFE1ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E5DFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.1 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 14.3 Wheat · ΔE 15.1 Moccasin · ΔE 15.5 Khaki · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B0A8E6

Analogous#E6CFA8, #BFE6A8

Triadic#A8DEE6, #E6A8DE

Split complementary#A8BFE6, #CFA8E6

Tetradic#A8E6CF, #B0A8E6, #E6A8BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFDF7

Lighter +10%#EDF1D0

Darker −10%#CFDB80

Darker −20%#C0CF59

Darker −30%#ADBE37

Darker −40%#89972B

More saturated +25%#E8F49A

Less saturated −25%#D4D8B6

Channel breakdown

R222

G230

B168

Red222 (87.1%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue67.74°

Saturation (HSL)55.36%

Lightness78.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E6 · B A8

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Colour values

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